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Ohio Senate Bill 29

Northwest Local School District

GENERAL NOTICE OF MONITORING OR ACCESSING STUDENT ACTIVITY ON SCHOOL-ISSUED DEVICES

Ohio Revised Code §3319.327

This notice is provided to meet requirements implemented through Ohio Senate Bill 29 ("SB29") that was passed by the Ohio General Assembly, effective on October 24, 2024.

While students have no right or expectation of privacy when using District technology resources, the Northwest Local School District (also referred to as the "District") and certain third-party technology providers that provide services through a contract with the District are prohibited by State law from electronically accessing or monitoring certain features on school-issued devices provided to students unless a legally permissible exception exists. The prohibited features include location-tracking features of a school-issued device, audio or visual receiving, transmitting, or recording features of a school-issued device, and student interactions with a school-issued device including, but not limited to, keystrokes and web-browsing activity. School-issued devices are defined as any hardware, software, devices, or accounts that a school district provides to an individual student for that student's personal use.

 

The Northwest Local School District is required to annually provide parents and guardians with this general notice that informs you, the District, and its technology providers of the plans to electronically access or monitor your student's school-issued devices for the following permissible reasons:

1. Activity that is limited to non-commercial educational purposes for instruction, technical support, or exam proctoring by School District employees or staff contracted by the District. Teachers may monitor students as they work on assignments during class to ensure they are staying on task.

2. Pursuant to a judicial warrant. The District is required to comply with a lawfully issued warrant that directs the District, technology providers, or law enforcement to conduct a search of data. District becomes aware that a student's device is lost or stolen, in which case the District or technology provider might access and monitor data to discover when and where the device last interacted with the District's systems.

4. Activity is necessary to respond to a threat to life or safety. The access is limited to this purpose alone. For instance, the District may receive alerts about possible self-harm indicators on student devices that prompt an investigation, which involves accessing or monitoring student data. The District implements other protocols such as contacting parents/guardians and/or first responders.

5. Compliance with Federal and/or State laws. The District may be required to comply with a law that places an obligation on the District to access or monitor devices.

6. Required as part of a Federal or State funding program. For example, to comply with the requirements of the Federal E-Rate funding programs, the District filters all student Internet access pursuant to the Children's Internet Protection Act. This includes filtering materials that are obscene, objectionable, inappropriate, and/or harmful to minors.

This electronic monitoring can only occur when advance notice is provided. No further notice is required for the District to monitor under reason #1. In the event that one of the circumstances listed in reasons #2-#6 occurs, the District will provide you with a seventy-two (72) hour notice of what features of the device were accessed, a written description of the circumstance, and description of the threat, if any. If the notice itself could pose a threat to life or safety, the seventy-two (72) hour notice will be provided within seventy-two (72) hours after the threat has ended.

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Immunization Information and Requirements

Just a reminder: Students in Kindergarten, 7th, and 12th have required immunizations before they return to school to avoid exclusion from school. Please bring documentation of your child's completed immunizations to the open-house on August 16th to give to the school nurse.

Pre-School: If you have not provided the school with your child’s shot record, please do so. If you are uncertain whether your child is up-to-date on immunizations, please contact your child’s healthcare provider.

Kindergarten: Typically, children entering Kindergarten need to have vaccinations prior to starting school. Please make certain that your child’s shot record is up-to-date and a copy is provided to your child’s school. If you have questions about immunizations, please contact your child’s healthcare provider.

7th grade: Incoming 7th graders are required by law to have Tdap and meningitis vaccines. Please make certain that your child has received these vaccines and an updated copy of your child’s shot record is provided to your child’s school. Vaccines may be obtained from your child’s healthcare provider, the Scioto County Health Department, the Portsmouth City Health Department, or Kroger, Walmart and CVS Pharmacies.

12th Grade: Incoming 12th graders are required by law to have a meningitis vaccine after age 16. Please make certain that your child has received this and an updated copy of your child’s shot record is provided to your child’s school. Vaccines may be obtained from your child’s healthcare provider, the Scioto County Health Department, the Portsmouth City Health Department, or Kroger, Walmart and CVS Pharmacies. At this time, the Northwest Family Healthcare Center is only able to give vaccines to those students with private insurance coverage.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school nurse.

Northwest Elementary School- (740-259-2250, ext.3306), FAX: (740-259-8542) Attn: School Nurse
Northwest Middle School- (740-259-2528, ext. 2102), FAX: (740-259-5731) Attn: School Nurse
Northwest High School- (740-259-2366, ext. 1348), FAX: (740-259-8544) Attn: School Nurse


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The Daily Bread is serving free meals every day, currently the hours are between 4:30pm and 6:00pm

The Northwest Food Pantry will be open every Thursday during the closure from 11am to 1pm at Northwest Middle School. Due to growing concerns of spreading germs, NO ONE other than our group of volunteers will be aloud inside the pantry. We ask that everyone please stay in your vehicles.  Someone will come to you to sign you in and your food will be brought to your vehicle.

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